Iyetade Verity Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole
Soyinka and Mrs. Olayide Soyinka, will be buried on Friday, January 10
in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State.
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The late Ms. Soyinka died 28th of December 2013, at the university teaching hospital in Ibadan, after a brief illness.
A
statement was released today by the Soyinka family. According to the
statement, Iyetade’s death had brought “great sadness and an
overwhelming sense of loss” to the family.
The funeral statement disclosed that Ms. Soyinka is survived by two children, a daughter, Oreofe, and a son, Adeoto.
The
late Iyetade “will be laid to rest on Friday January 10 in Ibadan,
after the funeral service at the Chapel of Resurrection, University of
Ibadan at 11a.m.,” the family’s statement revealed.
It was also mentioned in the statement that a short service of songs would be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday 9.
The
funeral statement revealed that the deceased’s volume of poetry, Stars,
Fill My Skies, was scheduled for release at the end of 2013.
The
Soyinka family stated that Ms. Iyetade Soyinka was a fervent Christian
who “cared deeply and generously for those shunned by society,” “scorned
the vain,” “discarded hypocrisies, rejected the limelight and sought to
live a life of depth and truth.”
The statement described her as
one who “fought fiercely for those she loved and she touched our lives
with her heart, her incredibly creative mind, her dreams and her wit.”
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